

I’m not from there but I’ll say that The US doesn’t intervene overseas in order “to spread democracy” or “to protect the world from the evils of communism” but to protect its economic interests, to increase the profits of capitalists through industries such as weapons and oil, and to make sure that no socialism occurs that threatens the stranglehold of capitalism.
Some books to check:
- Major General Smedley D. Butler - War Is A Racket
- Tim Weiner - Legacy Of Ashes: The History Of The CIA
- William Blum - Killing Hope: US Military And CIA Interventions Since World War II
- Noam Chomsky - What Uncle Sam Really Wants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan
I’m sure there were other things/resources to extract/control there, but this is the one I know and remembered off the top of my head.
It’s also a good place to do a real life test of (actual) weapons of mass destruction. A showroom of violence for potential buyers across the world.